Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Public arts magnet high school in Texas, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Kinder HSPVA, HSPVA or PVA) is a secondary school located at 790 Austin Street in the downtown district of Houston, Texas. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District.
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Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | |
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790 Austin Street, Houston, TX 77002 | |
Coordinates | 29.75686°N 95.36022°W / 29.75686; -95.36022 |
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Type | Public Arts Magnet High School |
Established | 1971 |
School district | Houston Independent School District |
Principal | Dr. R. Rivas Priscilla |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 753 (2017-18)[1] |
Newspaper | hspvapaper |
Website | hspva |
The school provides education for grades nine through twelve. The school is divided into six departments: instrumental music, vocal music, dance, theater (including technical theater), visual arts, and creative writing.
HSPVA was placed as the top school in the Greater Houston Area by Children at Risk's 2009 annual ranking of high schools,[2] and it has continued to be ranked as an "A" grade or higher by Children at Risk.[3] Since 2003, HSPVA has had eight students named US Presidential Scholars in the Arts (Presidential Scholars Program) by the US Department of Education as selected by the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts).[4]
As a Magnet school, HSPVA does not automatically enroll students from the surrounding neighborhood; the surrounding neighborhood is zoned to Northside High School.[5]